St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
The Answer to the Decoy Let
ter Gives Kingsley a Good
Character.
A Letter IN Billings Pocket
Shows Him to Be a Deep
Dyed Seoundrel.
The Shane Girl Hints That
She Could Tell a Terri
BILE Story.
Special to the Globe.


WAvEKLY, To-, Dec. 30.-Dr. Byers
was recalled this morning in the Kings
ley inquest. He said he heard two
shots and the sound of some heavy body
falling on the floor just after the second
shot. He heard no scuffling in the room
before the shots were fired. He was
asked if a scuffie had taken place and if
Billings had said several times, as Bill
ings said he did, Don't shoot" and if
Billings had then run down stairs three
steps at time, if he would have heard
it? Byers said the shot so unsettled
him that he could not answer posi-
lively. but that he probably would have
heard the running down stairs and the
scuffie at KingSley's door if there had
been one. f. W. RiSdOn testified that
besides what he had before stated, the
Shane girl had said that she did not
want to go into court about her trouble,
that if there was any shooting going on
she would tell the whole story. The
Shane girl is the one for whom Billings
drew up papers, which she signed, that
Kingsley had seduced her, and which
afterwards denied to Kingsley and gave
him papers that
IL NJ.
O. f. Brown was asked by Billings,
few weeks ago, if he would swear that
Anna Shane was virtuouS girl. He
said he would not. Billings then said
to Brown that Miss Shane was in deli,
cate condition, and he was going to
prosecute Kingsley for Seducing her,
and he testified that Billings told him if
he did not fix the blame on Kingsley he
would blow kingSley's brains out. Bill
ingS told Brown he could get so if he
would swear as he (BillingS) told him.
Brown says Billings was anxious to i'm
plicate Ningsley with the Shane girl. j.
b. St. John testified he sold the revolver
that was found on Billings person to
Billings thirteen years ago. and had seen
him practice with it. Billings swore he
bought the revolver when he was in
Kentucky in 1867. Two witnesses swore
that on Dec. II Kingsley told them that
he had papers to prove his innocence in
regard to the :s13ne matter. and that he
would do nothing with Billings for start
ing such scandal about him. Kingsley
had been heard to say that Billings had
THREATENED TO CRUSH HIM.
Burbank was recalled and testified
that Mrs. Billings claimed TO him few
years ago that she was very Jealous of a
Young lady clerk i'll Billings Office. and
that she had made the mistake of her
lite in marrying him. About three
weeks ago Billings told witness Bur
bank that he had got a position as rail
road attorney in California; that he had
about 81. 900 to take with him, and that
he would have as much more coming.
j. H. Russell testified that he was init
mately acquainted with Billings and
stated that he appeared to exercise alb
L.,
ner'S verdict will be given Tomorrow.
TIE DECoY LETTER.
The following, which is an exact copy
of the decoy letter that was first writ
ten TO Kingsley and his answer to it,
was given at the inquest to-day The
reports hitherto published do not give
this letter correctly and as first pub
lshed it reflects on Kingsley:
WAVERLY. Nov. 1S.-WOuld you like
to see me. If so where and when. y
is away for two days. Answer so ! can
get it by o'clock. ID.
You can't come here, y suspects us.
Answer on this so / will know you
get if.
KeagsIey's answer was on the bottom
OF the sheet as follows:
Il got this out of the Office this morn
ing, and ] am doubly puzzled to know
what you mean. don't understand
why you should write such Il note to
me. If | wanted to see you very bad |
would 20 to your house and do so, but
Ned has acted so vey funny lately.
He's fearful mad about something, and
| don't know what unless it is because
] locked the Office one day when he
wanted to come in. He don't speak to
me on the street. If he did not
ACT so VERY QUEER,
[ would 90 up and call on you before
YOU go away. What do you mean when
YOU say Ned suspects us? I ere is
something that's dark about your note.
What do you mean? You acted so funny
the last time n. took me up to dinner.
You know he took the pains To run Off
and leave me there. 1t looks to me by
the tone of your actions Ito speak plain)
as though you have fallen in love with
me. or something of the kind Ii am right,
have this to say: You must not do so,
for that | cannot allow. Stop it at once.
know Ned is away. He was here yes
terday and said so, but l don't think it
best for me to go there when he is not
there. as long as l don't when he is
there. You must not think of me, but
forget me. | don't want Ned to know
that you ever dropped me note in the
postofiice, or that i wrote this. but if
YOU cab write me a note and not let him
know it and
EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN
in this one, it would please me very
much indeed, for l swear | don't know
what you can possibly mean by it.
Burn this at once. WILL X.
! You can write tomorrow forenoon or
tonight vet, as Ned said he would be
back at noon. It's most too late for
it, but I've been very busy. Be sure
what you mean. w. ). X.
Another letter which purported to
have been written by Mrs. Billings to
Kingsley, but which is pronounced now
by both Billings and his wife to have
been written by Billings, has been pro-
duced:
December, CIV. S. Kingsley, My
Dear Friend: Don't treat this as you
did my last one. OF course, you know
/ loved you or you never could have got
me into such awful trouble. l wanted
to tell you all about it. Here follows
the charge that Kingsley is the father
of her unborn child.] ] shall go to my
poor mother aud get rid of it, ii it kills
me. She will help me. shall leave
this afternoon before n. gets back and
not let him know until get rid of it or
/ am dead. But l only have got
little money. You must put
AS MUCH AS TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
in a letter for me, and mail it so the
folks where | am staying will get it be-
fore 5 p. m. am not in town. had to
write this. in the cold to keep out OF